After limited scholarship offers coming out of high school, he enrolled at Sacramento City College, eventually drawing attention from Boise State University head coach Dan Hawkins, and transferred to join Boise State's 'tailback by committee' approach as a short yardage and goal line back.
Only Walter Camp, George Washington Woodruff and Bob Pruett had more total wins in their first five years of head coaching.
Dan Aykroyd | Steely Dan | Dan Quayle | Coleman Hawkins | Dan Rather | Dan Cruickshank | Dan Brown | John Hawkins | Dan Simmons | Dan Fogelberg | Dan Abnett | England Dan & John Ford Coley | Dan Ryan Expressway | Dan Deacon | Jack Hawkins | Dan Reeves | Dan Graham | Dan Burton | Ronnie Hawkins | Dan Wheldon | Dan | Charles Hawkins | Dan Savage | Dan in Real Life | Dan Hill | Dan Flavin | Dan Vapid | Dan Sperber | Dan Penn | Dan Bricklin |
With original Darkness members Ed Graham and Dan Hawkins completing the new line-up, they recorded under the new name of The Stone Gods.
Then, on 9 November 2007, the website of the student union from the University of East Anglia announced a live date by a band that they claimed was the new band of former The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins and that the name of the band was Stone Gods.